That baby flown to Dhaka for treatment

The newborn girl, who cried out at a Faridpur graveyard minutes before her burial on Thursday, was flown to Dhaka yesterday for better treatment.

Galiba Hayat was brought to the capital on a helicopter along with her father, grandfather, and a nurse around 7:30pm, Shamimul Haque, an uncle of Galiba, told our Faridpur correspondent.

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She is now undergoing treatment at the Neonatal Incentive Care Unit (NICU) of Square Hospitals, said hospital sources.

Solaiman Shukhon, head of marketing at Aamra Networks Ltd, told The Daily Star that he arranged for the helicopter on behalf of a friend in Hungary, who does not want to disclose his name.

Shukhon said the baby was admitted to the hospital. “We will arrange for funds for the baby's treatment if needed.”

Earlier in the day, Khandokar Md Abdulla Sahad, a child specialist at Faridpur General Hospital and head of the team for the treatment of Galiba, said after examining her around 9:50am that the baby was doing well in an incubator.

“The baby is responding to treatment better than before, so she can be moved to Dhaka in a well-equipped ambulance,” the doctor said.

“We tried our best, but she needs treatment at a Neonatal Incentive Care Unit,” he added.

Faridpur Deputy Commissioner Ummey Salma Tanzia visited the baby around 10:00am yesterday.

She asked the management committee of Jahid Memorial Child Hospital to form a six-member probe body led by KM Kamruzzaman, additional deputy commissioner of Faridpur to probe why the child was declared dead early Thursday.